Fay
by Larry Brown
Fay leaves home at seventeen, searching for more from life than a migrant worker existence.
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Mortified : Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.
by David Nadelberg
I am a nosy person by nature. I love looking at other peoples' photo albums, strangers' high school yearbooks, correspondence between people I've never met, etc.
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
Can the apocalypse be peaceful? Set in a world where a virus has wiped out the vast majority of the population.
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
by Kristin Harmel
After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies.
Montana Sky
by Nora Roberts
Three estranged sisters must live together on their father's ranch in Montana for one year, per his last Will. Mystery and romance ensue for all of the women. Good Read!
Circus Ship
by Chris Van Dusen
A ship wrecks on an island loaded with circus animals headed to Boston. The Ringleader of the circus leaves the animals. They begin to live on the island with the townspeople.
Grumpy Monkey
by Suzanne Lang
Monkey wakes up angry. His friends try to help cheer him up.
Hug Machine
by Scott Campbell
Super power of this little boy is Hugging. Adorable and sweet.
Heartbreaker
by Julie Garwood
A woman is threatened when her Priest brother gets a confession from a deranged person. He gets the help from the FBI to catch him. Romance, thrilling and unexpected twists.
Finding Dorthy
by Elizabeth Letts
Written from the point of view of Maud Gage Baum, wife of L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz. From the story’s origin the book was very well researched, with some altered dates and names.
The Cottingley Secret
by Hazel Gaynor
Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright claimed to have photographed fairies in their garden and convinced the world that fairies really did exist in 1917.
Everything is Tuberculosis : The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
I learned more about tuberculosis than I thought possible. It’s connections to history, products, wars, and not just science or medicine. Thousands of years with this disease and we are still talking about it. A fascinating book.
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
I was hooked reading this haunting novel about a homestead in western Massachusetts. 12 interlinked stories take place in a New England forest. If you're looking for something different, this is it.
Deep End
by Ali Hazelwood
A spicy college sports romance between two members of the swim and dive team heats up when they are paired together on a lab project.
Love, Theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood
An amazing academic-STEM, fake-dating, romance between characters completely relatable, even if they are so much smarter than us.